Perceive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To become aware of directly through any of the senses, especially sight or hearing.
  • v. To achieve understanding of; apprehend. See Synonyms at see1.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To see, to be aware of, to understand.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take cognizance of the existence, character, or identity of, by means of the senses; to see, hear, or feel
  • v. To take intellectual cognizance of; to apprehend by the mind; to be convinced of by direct intuition; to note; to remark; to discern; to see; to understand.
  • v. To be affected of influented by.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In general, to become aware of; gain a knowledge of (some object or fact).
  • Specifically, to come to know by direct experience; in psychology, to come to know by virtue of a real action of the object upon the mind (commonly upon the senses), though the knowledge may be inferential; know through external or internal intuition.
  • Synonyms Observe, Notice, etc. See see.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. become conscious of
  • v. to become aware of through the senses
  • Antonym
    miss   
    Verb Form
    perceived    perceives    perceiving   
    Cross Reference
    seize    catch    apprehend    appreciate    discern    speck    apperceive    read    find    penetrate   
    Hyponym
    smell    spy    catch    pickup    taste    sight    hear    ache    listen    receive   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    feel    discern    understand    see    observe    distinguish    know    note    remark    intuit   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Eve    Kleve    Neave    Rajiv    Steve    achieve    aggrieve    aleve    believe    bereave   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts